What to do????

So I mentioned on my last post I am now unemployed, I was terminated, sacked, sent packing..... you get the picture. Well me dilemma today is .............. if I get a job interview, when I get a job interview, when the ask me why I left my previous employer, do I tell them the truth? Has anyone had experience with this one? I have never in all of my working life been terminated, much less be told that I have breached the code of conduct which sounds even worse.

I got a book on interviews and questions and it states to never say yes to being sacked, I guess if I don't say it myself, how will it come out in conversation when my reference check is done? If I don't dob myself in, how will they know to ask that question? Shouldn't my referee be only answering questions posed to them?

If you have a way I can answer this question I would be grateful for a comment left for me.......

What to do????

So I mentioned on my last post I am now unemployed, I was terminated, sacked, sent packing..... you get the picture. Well me dilemma today is .............. if I get a job interview, when I get a job interview, when the ask me why I left my previous employer, do I tell them the truth? Has anyone had experience with this one? I have never in all of my working life been terminated, much less be told that I have breached the code of conduct which sounds even worse.

I got a book on interviews and questions and it states to never say yes to being sacked, I guess if I don't say it myself, how will it come out in conversation when my reference check is done? If I don't dob myself in, how will they know to ask that question? Shouldn't my referee be only answering questions posed to them?

If you have a way I can answer this question I would be grateful for a comment left for me.......

UNEMPLOYED

That's right, me unemployed!

How could this have happened to me????

Well take 1 smart arse customer who yells and screams as though you are his dog in the back ground when really your a customer service agent trying to talk to a customer as she normally would but after one to many smart arses, decides to end the call. That equals 'Breach of Code of Conduct'. Equals me unemployed! They even walked me out of the building, not sure if they thought I would randomly hang up on people as I walked past, unsure as to what they were thinking. I take solace in the fact that in the last month they have sacked 8 people, me being number 6. I think that they are shedding staff and I gave them the prefect way to shed me.

What is a girl to do now???

I don't know if I want to go back to work ANYWHERE. I'm being way too picky but hell I'm 40 for Gods sake, I can be picky.

So if your looking for me, I'm on the couch eating chips and drinking Coke.

As for Origin, they can bite me

Assessment Update

Thought I should update on our visits from D*HS since our very first meeting.

Since the 12th of July we have had another couple meeting, a individual meeting with myself which is still not finished, darn large families with issues and Daz has had an individual meeting (which was finished in 4 hours!). As far as we know, I still have to finish my individual session on family and religion and the like, then I think we will break for a couple of weeks while it gives our worker time to write up some stuff, come back together for maybe another 1or 2 sessions maybe, I can't imagine what else we can tell her. It all seems to be going very positively except I have now thrown a spanner in the works by getting SACKED from work just over a week ago.

Add to that Daz has gone through 6 jobs in 6 months, something unheard of in our lives but is now self contracting again, something I'm not thrilled with but since the money is good, will deal with. So far I haven't really been doing anything, I've looked for some government jobs which is all I am really willing to apply for at this stage, I'm thinking of adoption leave. My old employer did me a favour I think as I would only have gotten 5 days adoption leave paid.

So at the moment I am a lady of leisure, don't know what to do with myself except watch TV, The jobs I have applied for have closing dates of the 30th and 31st of July so don't expect a call for an interview (if I get one at all) until at least a week after the closing.

Any idea's of what I can do in the mean time, drop me a line, if you have any good knitting patterns that can be emailed, also drop me a comment.

one down ........

Yesterday we started out assessment for adoption. It went quite smoothly with a few touch and go moments at the beginning.

You see, not everyone likes snakes, as yest Daz has 4 of them. Even though they are in a locked enclosure, it is not the most favorite things of D*HS along with dogs.

The 'talk' lasted about 3-4 hours, we walked around the house to show our renovations, showed Daz's passions with his guitars, the room that will be the 'baby's', then sat at the table and just talked about life in general. It appears that she didn't get done as much as she would have liked because of our general chat but at least she got a sense of who we are as individuals and as a couple. One good thing was that as she new our ages before coming to see us, she thought that it may be a factor in the adoption. Myself being 40 and Daz being 44. But she was surprised to see how young we actually looked. Tick for good skin and gene's ;)

So next week its on again, another visit, another 4 hours I'm sure but am glad I got the first one over and done with because I was so nervous and had put off the visit by a week as it was. I don't know why I was so worried but I'm sure she will have me more worried by the end of next week with her probing questions.

no photog genious but here's some photo's

I can't get these things in order so here's some photo's of the changes. You'll notice the door frames and doors have been painted through out the whole house. That was a pain. Not to mention all of the walls, they were originally in suede effect, a different colour in every room, on every wall which needed to be undercoated before being painted in new colour. We have painted the kitchen cupboards but are not yet finished with the kitchen. We have also tiled the floors in the kitchen, entry, laundry and bathrooms and toilet. And we have removed a wall between the lounge and the kitchen making it more open living. Friday I also got a new front loading washing machine, Daz and my dad went and got it. It may not have been what I would have picked but am happy to be able to wash my clothes again. We also recently got a new hot water system, the new Heat pump. Once I get a current invoice for the power I will let you know if the expense is worth it.

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Well, its coming to an end.

The waiting that is. DHS has made contact and next weekend they will be attending the newly improved 'Our House'. Our first assessment meeting will happen next Saturday. I'm of course nervous, always am when we have visitors, especially someone who could make or break our application.

I'm worried about the dogs and what they will think about them and about the snakes that are in the lounge at the moment.

The fact the Daz doesn't have a job at the moment isn't great either but good practice for us living on 1 wage.

Other than that, we really haven't done much, haven't gone anywhere exciting, done anything exciting, just work no play, makes me a dull chick :(

Once I have finally cleaned up I will post some photo's of our painted kitchen and our tiled floor and some odd other photo's maybe.

catch ya later